Hawaiian Sense of Place

Hawaiian Sense of Place

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Friday, July 18th & July 25th @ 10:00am

Hawaiian Sense of Place

Date: Friday, July 18 & Friday, July 25

Time: Morning sessions: 10am-12pm
Afternoon sessions: 1pm-3pm

Admission: FREE – Fee for supplies

Contact: info@koloaplantationdays.com

Driving Directions: Koloa Neighborhood Center

Workshops at Koloa Neighborhood Center featuring leimaking, hula, lomi, carving and more. Register on site or below for morning and afternoon workshops. Fee for supplies.

Hands-on Cultural Arts Workshops

Learn and experience Hawaiian cultural crafts with experienced practitioners on two Fridays during Koloa Plantation Days Hosted by Kaua‘i Na Lima No‘eau Cultural Artists Guild. 

Select from: Konane (Hawaiian Checkers)
Ohe Hano Ihu (nose flute)
Leihulu, Kahili Palama (feather art)
Ipu Heke‘ole and Hula Papale Niu (coconut hat)
Wood Carving To‘ere and Pahu Drum Making
Fresh Lei-Making
Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Experience
Leipupu-Niihau Shell Lei Earrings
Malama ‘Aina Kaua‘i Bird Recovery Program
Leatherwork and Saddlemaking

Lei

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Old Koloa Town Historical Walk

Old Koloa Town Historical Walk

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Friday, July 25th @ 10.00am

Old Koloa Town Historical Walk

Date: Friday, July 25

Time: 10am

Admission: FREE

Contact: 808- 742-7393

Driving Directions: Departing from the Monument across from Sueoka’s and walking through Old Kōloa Town

Hosted by Marty Kuala

Directions from Google Maps

Meet your guide by the Monument.

Walk and learn about the history of Old Koloa Town, which was built up around one of Hawaii’s first commercial sugar plantations.

Marty will take you to the 3rd Koloa Mill, the Monument and point out historic buildings and chat about their previous incarnations as a dispensary, churches, motel for traveling salesmen, supply store for whaling ships, soda factory, and other enterprises.

This is a great way to work up your lunch appetite and to learn a lot about historic and charming Koloa Town.

Koloa Plantation Days Old Town
Koloa Plantation Days Salvation Army

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Historic Sugar Exhibit

Historic Sugar Exhibit

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Monday July 21st through Friday, July 25th @ 10.00am to 2:00pm

Historic Sugar Exhibit

Date: Monday, July 21 through Friday, July 25

Time: 10am-2pm

Driving Directions: Location To Be Determined

Directions from Google Maps

Historic Sugar Exhibit Koloa Plantation Days Kauai

The Historic Sugar Exhibit – Plantation Museum, features portraits of plantation life by photographer Carol Ann Davis, along with a century of archival images from the plantation era courtesy of Grove Farm Homestead Museum. The exhibit also includes artifacts from plantation camp life provided by local families and the Grove Farm Homestead Museum.

Volunteers and docents, authors, and historians from the Kauai Historical Society, which was established in 1914, will share Koloa’s cultural traditions, people, and stories of Old Koloa. Grove Farm’s “Long Sugar” and “Sweet Refrain” movies will alternate showings throughout the week. Museum and Book Store open daily from 10am to 2pm through Friday, July 26.

For more information contact
Kauai Historical Society at 808-245-3373.

Koloa Plantation Days Kauai Historical Society

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